Lydia Hoen Tjore

Biography

Soprano Lydia Hoen Tjore (24) is one of Norway's most promising and exciting young opera talents. She was accepted into the Royal Opera Academy at The Royal Danish Opera in 2015 as one of the youngest in the history of the academy.
Despite her young age, Lydia is already an experienced soloist, both in concert and in opera. She has performed Susanna LE NOZZE DI FIGARO(2016), Despina COSI FAN TUTTE(2015), Donna Elvira DON GIOVANNI(2014) in stage productions at the Narnia Festival in Umbria, Italy. She has also sung Barbarina LE NOZZE DI FIGARO at the Tuscia Operafestival in 2010.

Lydia Hoen Tjore is recognised for her solid stage performances and good contact with the audience. She has participated in a wide range of concerts with professional ensembles and orchestras both in Norway and abroad.
Lydia has also won competitions for young singers such as the Nina Grieg International Solo Competition in 2016. In 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012 Lydia won her class in the National Young Artists Championship of Norway (UMM). In 2014 she played the role as Solveig in a concert version of Peer Gynt with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. She gave a solo concert at the home of Ole Bull during Bergen International Festival (Festspillene i Bergen) in 2014. She has performed for the royal family in the royal castle in Oslo, Norway. Among other TV performances she was one out of two young singers who was portrayed in a tv-series on NRK called Masterclass in 2013.

Lydia is from Radøy island, north of Bergen, Norway. There, she studied voice, piano and cornet at the music school. Her first vocal teacher was her mother, Ann Christin Hoen. When she turned 13, she was accepted into the Grieg Academy’s talent program in Bergen with opera singer Hilde Haraldsen Sveen as her teacher. Lydia began her studies at The Royal Danish Musica Academy at 17 with prof. Susanna Eken, and finished her bachelor studies in 2015 and her master studies in 2016, both with the highest exam score. Lydia is graduated from the Royal Opera Academy, Copenhagen summer 2018.